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Articles by Roger Peace

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New resource: Afghanistan, Iraq, and the “war on terror”

August 7, 2022 Roger Peace 0

Dear colleagues and friends, The search for truth has been front and center in Congress of late. Hearings have been held probing conspiratorial plots to […]

New essays on the U.S. Foreign Policy History & Resource Guide website

July 12, 2021 Roger Peace 0

Clio, the Greek Muse of History, prepares to record the next chapter of U.S. history (Udo Keppler 1899, adapted) Three new essays have been added […]

New Online History Resource: The Post-Cold War Era

March 30, 2020 Roger Peace 0

The post-Cold War era was a time of missed opportunities.  On December 8, 1988, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev presented a challenge to the world community […]

Reflections on Afghanistan

December 12, 2019 Roger Peace 0

  For a sober perspective on the “endless” Afghan War, see General Joseph Votel’s op-ed article in the New York Times (Dec. 12).  He writes:  […]

Waging Peace in Vietnam:  A Story We Need to Tell

July 24, 2019 Roger Peace 0

Few people today even know that there was a robust GI Movement, or that it had grown so large by 1971 that the Pentagon felt […]

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Recent articles of interest – Jan. 25, 2019

January 31, 2019 Roger Peace 0

“The Shutdown Is Trump’s Ultimate Attack on American Intellectual Life” By Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen, Washington Post, posted January 24.  The author teaches history at the University […]

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Articles of interest, Jan. 2, 2019

January 2, 2019 Roger Peace 0

“The Collapse of the ‘War on Terror’ Paradigm” By Juan Cole, Informed Comment blog, posted January 2, 2019.  The author teaches Middle East history at […]

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Articles of interest – Dec. 20, 2018

December 27, 2018 Roger Peace 0

“A New Middle East: Winners and Losers from Trump’s Abrupt Syria Withdrawal” By Juan Cole, Informed Comment blog, posted December 20.  The author teaches Middle Eastern history […]

New Peace History website essay

October 9, 2018 Roger Peace 0

U.S. Participation in World War I The United States today appears to be on a permanent war footing.  U.S. troops remain in Afghanistan and Iraq […]

New Essays on the “Peace History” Website

March 15, 2018 Roger Peace 0

Truth may be the first casualty of war, but it never dies.  Truth can be revived.  Lies and deceptions need not stand for an eternity.  […]

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Virtual Speakers Program

Over thirty five speakers in our Virtual Speakers Program are available to address local audiences via Zoom without honoraria on a variety of important historical and political topics!

Broadsides for the Present Era

This is a series of one-page, printable handouts that summarize important historical events, movements, crises, and more that form the backdrop for our current political situation.

  1. Ellen Schrecker, “McCarthyism, 1947-1960“
  2. Jeremy Kuzmarov, “The U.S. War on Drugs“
  3. Linda Gordon, “The Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s“
  4. Robert Oppenheim, “North Korea and Nuclear Weapons“
  5. Geoff Eley, “Is Trump a Fascist?“
  6. Felice Batlan, “Building a Regime of Restrictive Immigration Laws, 1840-1945“
  7. Margaret Power, “Puerto Rico: A U.S. Colony in the Caribbean“
  8. Van Gosse, “Why The United States Is Not A True Democracy, Part One“
  9. Kevin A. Young, “Our Debt to Central American Refugees” also available as a text version with hyperlinks
  10. Van Gosse, “Why the United States Is Not a True Democracy, Part Two”

Mission statement

In April 2017, the Historians Against War was renamed the Historians for Peace and Democracy.  A new policy statement was adopted focusing on the the dangers of war abroad and the threats to democracy at home.

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Newsletters

  • H-PAD Steering Committee  Newsletter #12, March 25, 2022
  • H-PAD Steering Committee Newsletter #11, January 18, 2022
  • H-PAD Steering Committee Newsletter #10, July 21, 2021
  • H-PAD Steering Committee Newsletter #9, May 19, 2021
  • H-PAD Steering Committee Newsletter #8, March 30, 2021
  • H-PAD Steering Committee Newsletter #7, February 20, 2021
  • H-PAD Steering Committee Newsletter #6, Sept 15, 2020
  • H-PAD Steering Committee Newsletter #5, August 15, 2020
  • H-PAD Steering Committee Newsletter #4, July 10, 2020
  • H-PAD Steering Committee Newsletter #3, June 14, 2020
  • H-PAD Steering Committee Newsletter #2, November 19, 2018
  • H-PAD Steering Committee Newsletter #1, September 6, 2018

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